2024-09-19 22:35:10
The Tesla Cybertruck has been in Colombia since the end of August and in the last few days several examples of it have been seen rolling through the streets of Medellín. However, this is a type of vehicle, which It has been questioned by some road safety experts, warning that the design is a road hazard.
The Tesla truck, Elon Musk’s company, is already in Colombia, Because many residents of Medellin have testified through social networks that the vehicle is in the capital of Antioquia.
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The car, which was launched four years ago at a public event in which Musk tried to break one of the van’s windows, has certain features, including a rigid stainless steel exoskeleton.
This detail is one of the most criticized by some experts, who explained how dangerous it can be. To the former acting director of the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, David Friedman, “If you drive a very rigid car and you’re involved in a collision with another vehicle that has a crumple zone, they will break, absorbing the energy of the impact and your car will send it to you.”“.
The crumple zones Friedman refers to are areas of the car designed to distort in the event of an accident to more safely absorb the energy of the impact.
Stefan Teller, a security expert at the independent German organization SGS-TÜV Saar, is convinced that there is no need for armored vehicles, because for him “the same resistance goes against the safety of the occupants of the vehicle, because it goes against the structures with deformation belts registered. “.
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“The bumper and the hood must be able to absorb energy to protect pedestrians” (who would also be more vulnerable from possible accidents), and at least in Musk’s design this is not compliance: the risk of injury to passengers would decrease in the event of a collision Teller told a German media outlet, adding that the airbags would no longer be useful for other parts of the truck.
In the same way, Adrian Lund, former president of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in the United States, said, “the big problem is that if they make the skin of the vehicle very rigid using thick stainless steel, then when people are If you bang your head against it, it will do more damage.”
Another issue about this car is its weight: 3,104 kilograms, which means more braking distance.since a vehicle of this class should not exceed 3,000 kilograms. The European Security Council sent this warning.
The truck that is already in Medellín is priced in dealerships of about 900 million pesos, however, those that are on the streets were probably bought from the United States, since the vehicle is not yet available directly in Latin America .
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